15 Mar 2002
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 2002
Page
1
The Aiken Trials begin the annual Triple Crown on Saturday at the Aiken Training Track off Two Notch Road. The 60th running features six events with gates opening at 10:30 a.m. and racing set to start at 2 p.m.
Israeli tanks pulled out of Ramallah in the West Bank early Friday as US envoy Anthony Zinni began a new push to halt Palestinian Israeli violence. Local witnesses reported the withdrawal hours after his arrival.
Death notices honor Jenise Tuner Flowers Samuel Hickman Sr Edna R Peterson Koven Leroy Myers Bernice D Parish Patricia Ann Scott Phil Spokane Wash Boyd W Westmoreland North Augusta details scattered in 5A obituary section. ages and dates not provided.
A fog shrouded morning on Interstate 75 near INGGOLD Georgia caused a chain reaction crash involving 125 vehicles. Four people died and 39 injured as wrecks blocked both lanes for hours. About 300 emergency workers responded as cars and big rigs, including an 18 wheeler, lay smashed across the highway. Authorities blamed nature and excessive speed for the tragedy.
Lance Cpl. Matthew Graves, 24, left college to join the Marines and later fired mortar rounds against al Qaida and Taliban in Afghanistan. He toured Aiken this week to visit family before heading to Camp Pendleton for further training as part of the 1st Brigade, 1st Marine Division, after witnessing the September 11 attacks aboard the USS Comstock in the Arabian Sea.
Hundreds of voters in Aiken County will face a new system with nine new precincts. Election official Stuart Bedenpaugh says registration cards will be mailed in the next weeks, starting around the week of the 18th, with about 12 000 cards. Six new precincts lie on the south side, and shorter lines are expected as precincts are smaller.
The Langdon Road Polo Club near Aiken forms through collaboration of Owen Rinehart Adam Snow and Jerry Spitler to stage world class polo. Sundays from May 5 at 1 p m feature public matches at Chime Bell Station with Tara Bostwick noting the plan to invite spectators.
In a 75 to 36 vote around 2 30 a m the House approved the 5 6 billion budget amid Democratic complaints that it shortchanges the poor and elderly. Lawmakers expect final action Tuesday in the Senate as Black Caucus leaders vow to press for changes.
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